Volume 8, Number 12—December 2002
Research
Genetic Analysis of Viruses Associated with Emergence of Rift Valley Fever in Saudi Arabia and Yemen, 2000-01
Table 1
Results of diagnostic testing of initial Saudi Arabian Rift Valley fever outbreak specimensa
Patient IDb | Categoryc | ALK |
C-CHFV |
RVFV |
|||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IgM | IgG | Ag | IgM | IgG | Ag | IgM | IgG | ISOL | PCR | ||
10901 | Suspected case-patient | - | - | - | - | - | POS | - | - | POS | POS |
10902 | Suspected case-patient | - | - | - | - | - | POS | - | - | POS | POS |
10904 | Suspected case-patient | - | - | - | - | - | - | POS | POS | POS | POS |
10905 | Suspected case-patient | - | - | - | - | - | POS | - | - | POS | POS |
10906 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
10907 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
10908 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
10909 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
10910 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
10911 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | POS | POS |
10912 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | POS | - | - | - |
10913 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
10914 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
10931 | Suspected case-patient | - | - | - | - | - | POS | - | - | POS | POS |
10933 | Suspected case-patient | - | - | - | - | - | - | POS | POS | - | - |
10935 | Suspected case-patient | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
10937 | Suspected case-patient | - | - | - | - | - | POS | POS | - | POS | POS |
10939 | Suspected case-patient | - | - | - | - | - | - | POS | - | - | - |
10941 | Suspected case-patient | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
10943 | Suspected case-patient | - | - | - | - | - | POS | - | - | POS | POS |
10945 | Suspected case-patient | - | - | - | - | - | - | POS | - | POS | POS |
10947 | Suspected case-patient | - | - | - | - | - | POS | POS | - | POS | POS |
10949 | Suspected case-patient | - | - | - | - | - | - | POS | - | POS | POS |
10951 | Suspected case-patient | - | - | - | - | - | POS | - | - | POS | POS |
10953 | Suspected case-patient | - | - | - | - | - | POS | - | - | POS | POS |
10955 | Suspected case-patient | - | - | - | - | - | POS | POS | - | POS | - |
10957 | Suspected case-patient | - | - | - | - | - | POS | - | - | POS | POS |
10959 | Suspected case-patient | - | - | - | - | - | POS | - | - | POS | POS |
10960 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
10961 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
10962 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | POS | - | - | - |
10963 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | POS | - | - | - |
10964 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | POS | POS | - | - |
10965 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
10966 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
10967 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
10968 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
10969 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
10970 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | POS | - | - | - |
10971 | Contact | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
aRVFV, Rift Valley fever virus; ALK, Alkhurma virus; Ig, immunoglobulin; C-CHFV, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus; ISOL, virus isolation; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; POS, positive results; -, negative results.
bInitial specimens were all from persons living in Jizan Province.
cSuspected case-patients were defined as described earlier (3).
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